Hannes Wolf's goal, assist lead NYCFC over Toronto FC
05 Jul 2025, 10:02 GMT+10
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Hannes Wolf had a pair of goal contributions on Thursday night, leading New York City FC to a 3-1 victory over visiting Toronto FC.Wolf opened the scoring and assisted on Kevin O'Toole's goal, while Mitja Ilenic had the other for New York (9-7-4, 31 points). With the victory, New York has points in three of four games (2-1-1).A Tomas Romero own goal got Toronto on the board, and cut New York's lead in half, but that's as close as the visitors would get. The Reds (4-11-5, 17 points) dropped to 2-4-2 in away matches this season with the loss.Leading 1-0, Ilenic doubled New York's lead in the 49th minute, deflecting a cross from Agustin Ojeda for his second of the season.Ola Brynhildsen had a pair of quality chances to get Toronto on the board.In the 54th minute, his left-footed shot rolled just wide. Then, three minutes later, off an Alonso Coello corner, Brynhildsen's header from the centre of the box was stopped by Romero.Romero's own goal in the 70th minute got Toronto on the board. The keeper deflected a Theo Corbeanu strike in. It's the fourth own goal conceded by New York this season.O'Toole restored New York's two-goal lead in the 74th minute, putting Wolf's cross past Sean Johnson for his first of the season.New York controlled possession in the first half and scored the lone goal in the opening 45 minutes of play.Wolf opened the scoring in the 20th minute, putting his left-footed strike off the post and past Johnson for his club-leading ninth goal of the season.Thursday was the second of two meetings this season. New York City FC picked up a 1-0 victory in Toronto on April 26.
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